The body’s wordless vocalisations – the labour of breathing, the sound of gurgles, gasps of desire or fear – have…
Exhibition Essay | Emily Ferretti: Something about trees
There is something primal and life-affirming, yet hauntingly nostalgic and bygone, about trees. They are one of the first worldly…
Art Guide Australia | Interview: Kiki Smith about being patient in the uncontrollable
Since the 1980s acclaimed American artist Kiki Smith has been creating multidisciplinary works on mortality, sexuality, nature and embodiment. From…
Sydney Review of Books | A Common World: Review of Bri Lee’s ‘Who Gets to Be Smart’
When I was a teenager, I was asked to do something no teenager really wants to do: watch my step-cousin…
Art Guide Australia | Interview: Mikala Dwyer on mysticism, daydreaming and ‘not-knowing’
Vivid yet mysterious, Mikala Dwyer’s installations connect a range influences and curiosities including the mystical, occultism, constructivism, Dada, Bauhaus, memory…
Art Guide Australia | Podcast: Mervyn Bishop on a life of photography
“Black and white photography has always been my…I suppose it’s just kind of my life,” says Mervyn Bishop on his…
The Age | In a world of wonder, Piccinini asks us to value more than beauty
Newly dusted off, the deserted ballroom above Flinders Street Station is an arresting and quietly emotive space to encounter Patricia…
Disclaimer | Iterations: John Nixon
Not far from where St Kilda beach forms a firm line against the land, inside the Palais Theatre, which is…
Art Guide Australia | Podcast: Suzanne Archer on responding to life
“I guess that is the thread, that I am very open to influences that come into my life, you know,…
Art Guide Australia | Podcast: Robert Owen on colour and oneness
“Art is this amazing subject,” says Robert Owen. “It comes from different people and it contributes to cultural identity in…
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